The Farming Investment Fund (FIF) provides grants to improve productivity and bring environmental benefits. The FIF is made up of two separate funds: Farming Equipment and Technology Fund (for grants between £2,000 and £25,000 Farming Transformation Fund (for grants between £35,000 and £500,000) The application window is between November 16th 2021 – 7th January 2022. …
This year’s winner of the Whitegrove Trophy award is Mr John Billington of Adbaston Farm. He will receive the Silver Lapwing trophy, now in its 41st year, to celebrate his success at managing a commercial farm whilst integrating conservation efforts into his farming business.
Following their success last year in the Whitegrove Trophy, the Staffordshire farming wildlife and environment competition, Kinver farming family F C Osborn and Son have entered this year’s national FWAG competition for the Silver Lapwing trophy, sponsored for the 9th year by Waitrose. Martin Osborn and his sons James and William won last year’s county trophy for …
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Chris, Nigel and Jane have submitted two bids to Natural England for support to create farmer groups in priority local areas, the catchment of the Blithfield Reservoir near Uttoxeter and the Lonco Brook catchment near Newport, Shropshire. If we are successful with the bids group members can gain extra points for Countryside Stewardship applications that …
Jane James has joined forces with Chris and Nigel, working part time with Chris Seabridge and Associates. After leaving Harper Adams Jane started her career in the family farming business, specialising in pig husbandry, before joining the National Rivers Authority and the Environment Agency where she worked on town and country planning as well as …
